Tag: education
For or Against Year Round School?
I just read that some schools in Michigan are getting government funds to test out a new year round school regimen. My first reaction was It’s about time. American schools have considerably longer summer breaks...
The going rate for your education
While so many Americans are spoiled for education – apathetic kids barely willing to crack open a textbook – Nigerian children are being murdered for it. In Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head...
“Listen First” — LGBT at a Christian college (and a high-five for my alma mater)
When most people think about Christian universities, they think of stingy, closed-off bubbles where the students are a homogenous mass, and homogenously crazy (the sort of crazy that the young and spiritual are often assumed to...
On elitism, and why knowledge is good but thinking is better
This is the second part of a two-post series about the education, elitism and the question, “What are you doing with your degree?” Read Part I here. __________________________________________________________________ Knowledge is proven good by the goodness...
Knowledge for knowledge’s sake?
With school starting up again, I’ve been thinking about education. This is the first part of a two-post series about the education, elitism and the question, “What are you doing with your degree?” __________________________________________________________________ In...
Arranged marriage in the US, elementary ed and Chicago-born words
“My parents chose my husband” — Here’s an interesting story about life in an arranged marriage in the United States. Debie Thomas is an American and was raised evangelical, but at 22 married almost a...
Tenure, pastoring and Ashton Kutcher
Generally, I think very highly of teachers. For all the work they put in, they should have some job security. But this Bloomberg article, “Old professors never quit, they just hang around,” raises some good...
Two heroes have died: William Vande Kopple and Jean Bethke Elshtain
Within the span of about the last month, two of my very dear professors passed away. William Vande Kopple died July 3 and Jean Bethke Elshtain died this past Sunday, August 11. There’s not much...